Lift every voice and swing : Black musicians and religious culture in the jazz century /

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Explores the role of jazz celebrities like Ella Fitzgerald, Cab Calloway, Duke Ellington, and Mary Lou Williams as representatives of African American religion in the twentieth centuryBeginning in the 1920s, the Jazz Age propelled Black swing artists into national celebrity. Many took on the role of...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Booker, Vaughn A. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : New York University Press, [2020]
Colección:NYU scholarship online.
Temas:
Calloway, Cab, > 1907-1994.
Ellington, Duke, > 1899-1974.
Gillespie, Dizzy, > 1917-1993.
Williams, Mary Lou, > 1910-1981.
Jazz > Religious aspects > Christianity.
African Americans > Religion.
African Americans > Music > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Noirs américains > Religion.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Composers & Musicians.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part I. Representations of religion and race. 1. "Jazzing religion" ; 2. "Get happy, All you Sinners" ; 3. "Tears of joy" ; 4. "Royal ancestry"
  • Part II. Missions and legacies. 5. God's messenger boy ; 6. "Is God a three-letter word for love?" ; 7. Jazz communion ; 8. Accounting for the vulnerable ; 9. Virtuoso ancestors
  • Conclusion: Black artistry and religious culture.

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